Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 423- 6450392
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Nurse (Band 5)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We are looking for band 5 Paediatric trained nurses or soon to qualify students to join our enthusiastic and friendly department. If you have a positive attitude to ensuring children receive the best possible care, we'd love to hear from you.
Working with us will provide you with a broad range of skills and experiences which will help in your career progression.
Following significant investment in our paediatric nurse staffing we are delighted to confirm that our newly agreed work force model aligns to RCN staffing recommendations for CYP including supernumerary nurse in charge.
This will enable you to be supported in practice and help you to provide quality care to your patients. You will also be supported to develop your knowledge and skills in providing acute paediatric care through our dedicated paediatric practice educator and preceptorship programme. Our workforce model will also flex to meet demands of the service over winter and summer by increasing the number of staff who can take annual leave over the summer months (March to September).
The posts will involve nursing children on elective day case lists as well as acute admissions. We are also keen to recruit registered nurses with a keen interest in working in acute assessment areas to help develop the recent extension to the ward for managing acute presentations.
Main duties of the job
- To assess patient’s needs, plan, implement and evaluate care in accordance with the Children’s Charter.
- To maintain contemporaneous, accurate and precise documentation relating to patient care
- To work within national, regional and local guidelines relating to nursing practice
- To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain existing clinical expertise and develop new skills as appropriate
- To participate in a programme of formal clinical supervision
- In all these respects to perform as a role model for junior staff
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
MANAGEMENT ROLE
1. Under the supervision of senior staff to participate in the planning, organising and controlling of all functions of the ward including:
a) Day to day management
b) budgeting
c) attending meetings and sharing information with the rest of the ward team
d) the promotion and development of new ideas
e) The upholding of national, regional and local policies
2. To assist the ward manager in ensuring effective communications between all staff, patients and visitors
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1. To take responsibility for self development with regard to professional knowledge, clinical skills and competencies
2. To undertake further professional development as required
3. To participate in the orientation and induction of new members of staff of all grades and disciplines
4. To participate in the teaching and assessing of learners allocated to the paediatric unit
5. To promote team spirit, showing courtesy, consideration and care for colleagues at all times
CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS
1. To support the development of nursing practice based in relevant research
2. To demonstrate a commitment towards quality care by:
a) assisting the ward manager in setting, auditing and maintaining standards
b) developing an awareness of quality issues
c) initiating and implementing quality initiatives
d) participating in bench marking activities
Under Job Purpose:
In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and be familiar with the NHS England Guidance ‘Understanding the new NHS’ (details of which can be found in the links section of NHS Jobs).
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continual development
- Able to demonstrate written and oral skills
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered children’s Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Degree or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Acute paediatric experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
- Understand principles of confidentiality
- Understand principles of safeguarding children
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lorna Wilkinson
- Job title
- Senior sister, Children's unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292171
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